4/10 some clever ones here.

Entertaining grid. Mostly baffled by it. Very tricky herrings. Liked the consternation link. Didn't see it though.

"synonym" acceptable?

Loved it. "Bonzo" let me into that group, and "Bowling Alley" was actually my in to the "Sewing Kit" group.

Nice ideas, some of which i might steal. Minor quibble in that groups like the bowling alley group can stick out if surrounded with shorter clues: even if one cannot immediately discern their exact nature the nature of the ruse is transparent. But 4* feels a little ungenerous.

Asceticism doesn't necessarily involve withdrawing from society. Nice one otherwise.